Chicago Quote by Scott Spencer

My dad got a job in a factory in Philadelphia, so I was raised in Germantown in a sort of a barracks for soldiers.…

— Patti Smith

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.

— James Iha

I was born and raised in Rogers Park in Chicago. My father sold furniture, and my mother was a Chicago public school teacher and…

— Jan Schakowsky

I traveled all over the South looking for factories - to keep production in the South. I wanted to give back to the place…

— Reese Witherspoon

I grew up 45 minutes outside of Chicago.

— Jim Gaffigan

I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago.

— Nate Berkus

I grew up mostly in Schenectady, N.Y. From an early age, building and creating things was a real passion for me.

— Colin Angle

I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house…

— Hugo Chavez

We moved to South Central Iowa to the farm where my dad had grown up, where my grandfather had grown up. The house was…

— Katie Porter

My family has always made Chicago our home, and I care deeply about the values our company has espoused for decades.

— Linda Johnson Rice

I grew up in a factory town - Urbana, Ohio.

— Beth Macy

I was born and raised in Chicago, but lived for a while in Mexico, the son of immigrants. We lived in Mexico, part time,…

— Ruben Gallego